It was poorly stated and thus a gaffe. Retirees and those out of work are not lost to obama. What politician in their right mind writes off 47 percent of the vote?
What romney better say is that he has a plan to get americans working again. There are people in the 47 percent not by choice and are there because of obama. He has to get the focus on obama’s screwups and motivate people to his side - not attack them.
Watch the press conference. He made it clear that Obama had a floor of 47% and that he, too, had a very high floor. And that the difference between the 47% and his floor is that the 47% love government dependency. He only spoke the truth.
Anyone who would not consider voting for Obama is not part of the 47% and does not need to take this personally.